Ernest Simister

• Born  Oct-Dec 1877 at Oldham.
• Married 29 August 1907 at St Thomas Werneth to Emily Sempers, daughter of William Sempers.
• Died       13 January 1959

The second son of Alfred Simister, shuttle maker (employing 6 men and 2 boys), Ernest Simister was born at Oldham in 1878 and trained as an architect. About 1912 he joined in partnership under the style of Taylor and Simister with Thomas Taylor and John Alexander Chisholme Taylor. This partnership was dissolved in 1937 after which Ernest Simister practised alone.

 Address
1913    Taylor and Simister,  Queen Street, Oldham,
1937    Taylor and Simister Halifax Chambers Yorkshire Street Oldham
1937    Ernest Simister, York Chambers, 40 Yorkshire Street, Oldham, telephone MAIn 4324
        
Residence
1881    177 Manchester Street Oldham
1901    Werneth Hall Road, Oldham
1959    76 Windsor Road, Oldham (probate)

Reference    The London Gazette , 14 December,1937 page 7881
Reference    Manchester Guardian  6 December 1937 page 1